>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>I have created an application used the setup wizard to create the
>>>>disk images. I have installed the application on a network and
>>>>everything works great if I run it from the computer that I installed
>>>>the application. However, If I run the program from another workstation
>>>>I get the error that the Visual Foxpro Library can't be found.
>>>>I tried to copy the vfp500.dll to the workstations \windows\system
>>>>directory, but this didn't work either.
>>>>
>>>>Can anyone help me?
>>>>Please email me.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Paul Acton
>>>>pacton@ttsinc.com
>>>
>>>The normal way of distribution is to install locally (VFP application requires multiple dll/ocx, not only vfp500.dll).
>>
>>Hi Edward,
>>
>>Thanks for the reply...I'm not sure if I understand. I want to be
>>able to run this application from many workstations. Do you mean I
>>need to install the program locally on each machine? If I do this I
>>will have a data subdirectory on each local machine. I guess I could
>>then delete the local data subdirectories and add to the path the
>>server's data subdirectory? This just doesn't sound like an efficent
>>way to do this. Sorry to be so stupid about this...I'm new to the
>>world of Visual Foxpro and Windows for that matter.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help here,
>>
>>Paul Acton
>>pacton@ttsinc.com
>
>Paul,
>
>The way we distribute application on our network using VFP is to create a "dummy" setup using VFP's
>setup wizard. All of the workstations that are going to run the VFP EXE will need to run this setup exe
>one time only. What this setup will do is copy all the necessary DLLs, OCXs, ect... to each user's workstation.
>
>Your actual EXE and data can reside on the server. Once the workstation has the necessary support files,
>that workstation can then point the the desired VFP EXE on the server and run it just fine.
>
>Also, any future EXEs that are placed on the server will NOT require another Setup exe to be run on the
>workstations as long as that workstation already contains the VFP support files.
>
>Jerryt

Actually, there is well-known trade-off: installing exe on server makes upgrade a little bit easier, installing locally makes app working a little bit faster. Also note, that local installation can be done once too, next upgrade will involve just copying/broadcasting of exe file to all local drives.